Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in his Department.

Within my Department, the following direct ministerial appointments have been made to non-statutory offices:

Intertrade UK - Chair and Members

Name and Job Title: Baroness Arlene Foster, Chair of Intertrade UK

Annual Remuneration: N/A

Time Commitment: Approximately 1 day per month

Expected End Date: 18 months from date of appointment. The Chair may be reappointed for no more than 18 months (so may serve for a maximum of three consecutive years).

Names and Job Title: Dr Esmond Birnie, Kirsty McManus, Suzanne Wylie, Roger Pollen, Angela McGowan - Members of Intertrade UK.

Annual Remuneration: N/A

Time Commitment: Approximately 1 day per month

Expected End Date: 18 months from date of appointment. Members may be reappointed for no more than 18 months (so may serve for a maximum of three consecutive years).

Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel

Names and Job Title: Alastair Hamilton (Chair), Anna Jerzewska, Aidan Reilly - Chair and Panel Members of the Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel.

Annual Remuneration: N/A

Time Commitment: The Panel is expected to report to the Government on a six-monthly basis and therefore Panelists should have the capacity to do so.

Expected End Date: 24 months from date of appointment with the possibility of an extension subject to Ministerial agreement.